QualaWash acquires PSC

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QualaWash Holdings LLC, North America’s largest independentlyowned provider of tank container depot, tank trailer and IBC cleaning and rec...

Shanghai becomes top box port

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As expected, Shanghai overtook Singapore as the world’s biggest container port for the first time last year, handling 29.05M TEU, up from ...

DP World opens Qasim terminal…

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DP World officially launched operations at Terminal 2 in Port Qasim in Pakistan earlier this month when the CMA CGM WAGNER became the first ...

Selective off-hires

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The November 2010 issue of WorldCargo News (page 38) contains an editorial item suggesting that shipping lines may be more selective in thei...

National ports plan moves ahead in Oz

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The final version of the Australian Government’s National Ports Strategy (NPS) has received widespread support, with all sections of indus...

Maasvlakte site for sale

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Another tempting site will soon come on the market in Rotterdam, as DFDS moves from its 20-hectare deepwater facility at the Maasvlakte to t...

FLT chain lubrication report

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A new report on FLT chain lubricants has been issued by UKbased leaf chain manufacturer FB Chain (part of Sweden’s Addtech AB), following ...

Oz box terminals in flux

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DP World’s sale of 75% of its Australian container terminal business to a Citibankbacked infrastructure fund has reignited speculation abo...

S-O Tankcleaning wins Kosher status

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S-O Tankcleaning Terminal’s depot in Laem Chabang, Thailand, has become the first tank container cleaning and repair facility in SE Asia t...

LA/LB zero emission truck tests

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Two new non-polluting trucks powered by zero-emission plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cells are to be tested in the ports of Long Beach and L...

CommerceGuard closes

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CommerceGuard AB, the container tracking service jointly owned by GE Security, Mitsubishi Corporation, Samsung C&T Corporation and Siemens B...

Eight cranes for JWP

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Eurogate is negotiatng with ZPMC to buy eight cranes capable of handling ships up to 18,000 TEU for the new Jade Weser Port (JWP) container ...

Syria plans box growth

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Syria plans to spend US$800M to develop ports and shipping by 2015 as it aims to benefit from the reconstruction process in neighbouring Ira...

Van Moer taps into barges

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Van Moer Group, the privatelyowned Belgium-based national and international road transport logistics company, has acquired the former IBO-Ca...

Carrier highlights GHG savings

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In an effort to demonstrate the positive impact of choosing sustainable products, Carrier Corp has launched the Car r ier CO2NSERVATION Mete...

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